Dr Bird

Don't forget Abdur Raheem Al-Mateen. I believe he played for Coach Grawer after time in the military service?

This is amazingly good news. Hopefully the remaining pieces will fall into place soon.

Oats or Beard would be an amazing hire for Kentucky.

If Arky wants Calipari, will UK would force them to pay at least a portion of the buyout? My guess is a much reduced buyout

Amazingly dumb and careless basketball by Cincinnati down the stretch. ISU basketball IQ is very high.

The popularity of women's college basketball is soaring. I hope the Billikens can be a big part of it. There's a lot to like about Coach Tillett besides the awesome A10 tourney run last year. I think she makes great halftime adjustments. I also like her overall in-game demeanor. Recruiting prowess remains an unknown. This off-season is very important for them. We need an influx of talent.

At least they only said "interview Ahearn" rather than "hire Ahearn" My immediate thought is why would any of those guys have the best interest in SLU in mind? And no one will disparage their reputation if Ahearn would subsequently fail because they were "just looking out for a friend".

Glad dukies won but that game was painful to watch. Normally solid Clark and Grant really struggled. Props to Coach Dambrot.

The new coach will decide who he wants to pursue from the old roster. Spoonhour "re-recruited" Highmark and Claggett even though the team had only won 5 games (and Highmark was not a renowned defender). Spoonball was very different from Grawer's style. If the new coach cleans house, so be it. If he re-recruits some of the existing players, that's great. Either way, the new coach will be incentivized to win and will do what it takes to get there.

I agree Gibby's defense has improved. I think during the latter part of the season, we were a better team overall with SVB on the floor.

My main reasons for wanting to move on is the blowout opening round losses in the 1 NCAA and both NITs. It became unreasonable to hope for a deep run under Ford. It's time to see what the next guy can do.

why is Bruce out there at this stage of game?

Medley looking much improved. SVB is a gamer

I feel the same way. I want our players to do great and experience success. The only downside of a broadcast is when the announcer does the obligatory excuse-rant for CFord when they know it has been said already a million times. Just call the game and focus on the players.

By the end of the game, the TV announcers were stunned by the futility of our defense.

I've said this before and I may be 100% wrong, but I think AD May gave Ford the huge long-term contract not so much to prevent Ford from leaving, but to guarantee a big buyout payday to SLU when a P5 school came a-calling with unlimited resources. Of course the strategy backfired badly.

I think Dayton is a solid at large recipient. I hope Richmond wins A10 tournament and at least A10 will have 2 decent teams in NCAA tournament. The NCAA tournament will be fun if we have a new coach already secured.

no. in fact he makes a lot of good pocket bounce passes to Brad. that lob pass was pretty bad though

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We could use 1 additional ticket for tonight versus Richmond. Thanks

Personally I do not think so. It makes the conference look petty. IIRC, Loyola got to play in the MVC tourney their last year (21-22) and won it and got the auto-bid.

I didn't get to listen to the whole Spaces session, but one of the discussion points got me thinking: Did AD May give CTF the huge contract, thinking that a near-term P5 job for CTF was inevitable, and would result in a huge "buyout" payday for SLU? Regardless of AD May's reasoning, it was an awful move.

Did Ross C make any comments on last night's X Spaces session? I saw he was listening.

the above is extracted from Ford's comment in the Kilcoyne interview.......I'm done blaming the A10 for lack of teams in the dance. Each team is responsible for their OOC scheduling (including multi-team events) and how they perform. We're in the A10 until we can consistently dominate the A10. Even if Dayton and VCU left the conference, I believe CF would struggle to win the A10.

did anyone listen to tonight's show? if so, anything interesting?